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West Bay Woodturners
Novem
ber 2014 Newsletter
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To view this in a browser, click this Link
Homepage for Club Website, click this
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Upcoming Events:
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Come see professional woodturner Mike Mahoney
Demonstration on Saturday November 8, 9 AM to 4 PM
at the Bridges Church: Directions
Admission has been discounted to $10 (wow!), students are free.
This will be a rare opportunity to see Mike.
See further info below and see the flyer
here
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Meeting on November 11, 2014: 7PM
at the Bridges Church
Directions
Agenda: Demonstration by Jim L Benson of Silicon Valley
Woodturners, on the techniques and uses of air
brushing for woodturners
President's Challenge: Christmas ornament.
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Meeting on December 9,
2014: 7PM at 7th Day Adventist Church:
Directions
Holiday
party
Ornament
Raffle
and Gift
Swap
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Mike Mahoney - Woodturner Extraordinaire!
Remember the demo - Saturday Nov 8
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At the demo,
Mike plans on covering a number of topics and should have something for everyone.
As time allows, he will include:
Bowl coring with the McNaughton Center saver
Big green Calabash
Rough turning and storing wood to season
Hollow Form with threaded lid/ hand chased threading
Heirloom Peppermill
Making Family Heirlooms (wood selection, design, and finishing) Things that will last a lifetime
Finishes
Platter
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October Meeting Recap:
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Harvey Klein demonstrated the turning of Christmas ornaments.
First turn the body of the ornament. Then turn the two finials.
Harvey, you make it look easy and you create a feeling of "I want to do that."
Now the work begins!
2015 Board officers were elected as follows:
President - David Vanier..... Vice President - George Lutz
Treasurer - Bud Trapp ..........Secretary - Ken Mccloud.....
At Large - Bob Bley (proposed, TBA in 2015)
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Proposed Activity Chairs:
Monthly members meeting program - open
Visiting Artist Demos - Bob Bley
Anchor Seal - Jim Laflin
Craft supplies Orders - Richard winslow
Starbond Glue sales - Ken McCloud
Librarian - Bill Daniels
Web Site - Tom Haines
Audio Visual - Curtis Vose
BBQ & Christmas dinner coordinator - Open
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About the Website
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New website menu
A new menu system has been installed.
The object is to make the site simpler to navigate and easier to find secondary pages.
The site has more than sixty web pages, so browsing them quickly and easily has become a priority.
Most secondary pages may be accessed with one click. It doesn't get any better than that.
Take a look, try it and let me know how it works.
Website Analytics:
October was a big month for the site, as
are most months.
Unique visitors - 1,726
Number of visits - 2,427 (some visitors came back)
Number of pages - 6,458 (the average visitor viewed more than one page)
Number of hits - 48,546 (a lot of action)
Happy Browsing,
Tom
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2014 WBW board members and committee chairs.
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President: Curtis Vose
Vice President: Patrick Crowley
Treasurer: Bud Trapp
Secretary: Ken McCloud
Member at Large: Bob Bley
Meeting Program Coordinator: George Lutz
Visiting artist Coordinator: Bob Bley
Anchor seal: Jim Laflin
CA Glue: Ken McCloud
Craft Supply: Richard Winslow
Coffe & Cookies: Phil Feiner
Website: Tom Haines
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Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Tom Haines
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WBW
Website
Peninsula, Calif
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